Giving families a few days of Christmas fun is not worth a month of total lockdown, Mirror readers have warned with Downing Street's Winter Covid plan set to be unveiled.
Boris Johnson will lay out his strategy later today, which will see England's month-long full lockdown replaced by a stricter tier system from December 2.
Extended families are set to celebrate the festive period together as households will be allowed to temporarily "bubble up" for up to five days.
But scientists have warned this could come at a price - with tougher rules either side of the break in return. Public Health England (PHE) has said each day of loosened restrictions to allow families to see each other over the festive period would require five days of stricter
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